Time Bandit

vintage sweater // thrifted skirt // thrifted shoes // cheap shades from buffalo exchange - photos by Rachel!

Things are heating up with school and work lately; sometimes it's all I can do to put on (somewhat) clean clothes in the morning. Because I was born with a pathological inability to effectively manage my time—especially when I have multiple, unrelated projects to balance—I've become addicted to productivity blogs like 99u and Lifehacker. The irony is that I'm often trolling posts about "Making Good Habits Stick" or "How to Stop Procrastinating!" as a way to procrastinate. Reading other people's stories of successful productivity can temporarily abet my own anxiety by vicariously feeling the benefits of their good work habits, but when the article is over, I just feel worse, so I must find another similar article... and so and so forth... until the world explodes...

Reading about other people's tips and routines is nice, but only you know what works for you. I'm slowly trying to find my own work routines and habits, while fitting in time for exercise and possibly even socializing. One thing that works for me is making sure to get fully dressed first thing in the morning; none of this breakfast-in-sweats stuff. Some people work really well when they're comfy, but it makes me feel like I'm still halfway in bed... Another part of keeping on top of my workload is not stressing too much over making this blog "perfect", which right now involves cutting off this post to write a French paper and edit a review.

How do you gear up for a day of having too much to do?